sectionals for contests

The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB

John,

GlidePlan will be able to do this in the next release (1.2) scheduled
for February. It will import SeeYou or WW Turnpoint files in CU format
into a current sectional and let you determine how the points are
displayed. It will be a free upgrade from the current release. See
http://www.glideplan.com for mre info . If you are going to the SSA
convention, stop by booth 26 and say "Hi". We will have some special
show pricing too.

Matt (Jr)


BB wrote:
The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB

The way I do this -- and I don't use the results for navigation, btw (I
have flight software for that) -- is to simply use SeeYou (the desktop
version). You can pick your background -- vector graphics, satellite
imagery or sectionals -- then load your turnpoint file.

The only "trick" is that SeeYou doesn't expressly support printing
maps. So what I do is load a flight log from a location outside of the
area I'm interesting in having a map of, and adjust my map view to what
I want. I use the Print Setup and Print Preview to make sure I'm
getting what I want, then print.

I invested in a color deskjet printer that lets me print on 11-by-17
inch paper, which is the perfect size for maps in the cockpit. I'll
print the task area on anywhere from 2 to 4 pages. Works great!

~ted/2NO

Are the sectionals current?

Download Global Mapper (www.globalmapper.com). You can open up to 4
sectionals and they will be automatically stitched together using the GIS
coding imbedded in the sectional TIF files. You can add any anotations
using the drawing tools that you want.

The free download has 85% of the functionality of the full version. The
full version lets you save and reload your workspaces, gives you full
control over printing, and lets you open more then 4 TIF files.

Mike Schumann

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The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




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Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:

The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB

Ha!! The latest sectionals I've seen for Arizona have airports that
have been reported closed to the FAA for years. So define "current".
What we need in cockpits is "useful".

Tuno wrote:
Ha!! The latest sectionals I've seen for Arizona have airports that
have been reported closed to the FAA for years. So define "current".
What we need in cockpits is "useful".

I assume Winpilot's database has these same closed airports, so how do
you deal with those? Can you delete or modify them in the database? Is
there a listing of these errors somewhere so every pilot doesn't have to
do each bad airport listing by hand?

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA
* Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly
* "Transponders in Sailplanes" http://tinyurl.com/y739x4
* "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org

If you are going to be a serious user, you want to spend the $250 for a full
license for Global Mapper.

Another option that I have used is to use Acrobat Distiller to save a
printed sectional. This however requires a full Adobe Acrobat license. In
the end, you still need to have access to a wide format color printer.

There is no free lunch.....

Mike Schumann

"Henryk Birecki" wrote in message
...
Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:

The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




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Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Mike Schumann wrote:
If you are going to be a serious user, you want to spend the $250 for a full
license for Global Mapper.

Another option that I have used is to use Acrobat Distiller to save a
printed sectional. This however requires a full Adobe Acrobat license. In
the end, you still need to have access to a wide format color printer.

There is no free lunch.....

Mike Schumann

"Henryk Birecki" wrote in message
...

Once you have sectional images you can use (free) Flight Display
(http://www.soaringpilotsoftware.com) to do the rest.

Sectionals can be downloaded from
http://www.naco.faa.gov/ecomp/Catalo...S+DIGITAL+DSEC for
$1.50 each to make them visible download Global Mapper
(http://www.globalmapper.com). The free version allows you to stitch
up to four images together. Form there on you have to save an image -
this leaves a lot to be desired as you can only save what you have on
the screen (from what I remember). I used screen capture and Corel
Paint to create a "sectional" of "western US" (west of 112W in the
north and 113:30 in the south)

Cheers,
Henryk Birecki


"BB" wrote:


The season is coming. Has anyone figured out a software package that
can download sectionals or wacs, put turnpoint markers on them based on
the turnpoint exchange files, and print out, avoiding the yearly
cutting pasting and marking job?

Thanks
John Cochrane BB




Does Kinkos have a large format printer?